"Reality, unlike games, is broken." – Jane McGonigal
Today Wired posted a story about the new best/worst writing app, which of course made me want to go try it, because clearly that’s a better way to spend my time than excising words out of a conference paper that … Read More »
So a new As-I-Play Bastion post went up today on TLF, and I’m actually going to say a little bit about it. I know my Bastion posts over there have mostly been a lot of me whining about how I … Read More »
Today on NPC Gamer I wrote about the problem with sexist job culture, specifically in the gaming industry, but, really, pretty much anywhere. What it boils down to is that, especially in tech industries, but also in STEM fields and … Read More »
Last year, I made a post on International Women’s Day (March 8th) that was equal parts hopeful and bitter, still annoyed that GamerGate hadn’t yet died (it’s not totally gone, yet, but is more like those last, few chickenpox that … Read More »
This semester has been kicking my a** in terms of work and grading and committee meetings, so I have been horribly remiss about keeping this blog up to date on other things (like TLF and NPC Gamer), much less containing … Read More »
There are two things I frequently see in arguments against diversity in games (and other media, but especially in games) which are worth noting because of the spectacular way in which they completely miss the ideological boat about which the … Read More »
One of the things we require of all our students here at the Jepson School is a course entitled Critical Thinking and Methods of Inquiry, which is the first required sequence class for our newly-admitted sophomores. One part of that … Read More »
In my other life (the one where I’m a Shakespeare scholar), I’ve been doing research on early modern witchcraft, and–this week–on the witch-hunts which ran roughshod over Europe during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. In the process, I came to … Read More »
So on Monday my response to the latest Tropes vs. Women in Video Games episode (season 2, episode 1) went up on TLF. The episode–in a new style from the previous season of the series–is all about butts, which struck … Read More »
A new As-I-Play Rise of the Tomb Raider went up today over on TLF. I have to say, with the game coming out on PC/Steam this week, it is totally worth buying and playing. Game Informer reflected that Crystal Dynamics … Read More »
It’s been one heck of a week, despite the fact that we had Monday off and today is an impending snowpocalypse. I could do without more weeks like that one. In gaming related news, Anita Sarkeesian made another episode of … Read More »
This year (2016) has essentially started out like a sucker punch for those of us who are fans of pop culture. This week has seen the deaths of two of the men whose work in pop culture was formative for … Read More »
In keeping with the insanity that is always a part of the start of a new semester, some insanity in Rise of the Tomb Raider—my fifth As-I-Play post over on TLF. By this point in the game, things are starting … Read More »
Although I normally like to intersperse which games I’m playing for my As-I-Play posts, I just didn’t have a chance to get to Bastion over the holidays, so you get another post on Rise of the Tomb Raider instead. Which … Read More »
So a few months ago, regular readers undoubtedly noticed a post in which I talked about starting a new blog focused primarily on voices from the margins talking about games. I did get some interest from some pretty cool people … Read More »